Fulton v. Philadelphia Rustproof Co.

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case the claimant met with an accident on August 23, 1957 but did not file a petition for workmen’s compensation until February 17, 1959, seventeen months and twenty-five days after the accident. The referee, after the first hearing, disallowed the claim because it was not filed within, the sixteen-month period. The board sustained- an appeal from the referee’s decision and remanded the matter to the referee for' further hearing on the merits. The referee then filed an adjudication awarding com*469pensation to the claimant. The defendant then…